Babette & Miladus

New Herbs

Yesterday we went to T. DeBaggio Herbs to restock for the spring and we came back home with Turkish Thyme, Santolina, Mache (for foie gras salads, among other things), chervil, shungiku, various rare forms of thyme and after a delightful discussion with the man himself, a remarkably perfumed Provençal Thyme, and an Elfin Thyme with the tiniest leaves that looks like a little mat of baby tears. He still has the best selection of unusual and beautifully raised herbs in our area. They all will need to be hardened before they can be planted out in the wild climate of our 12th floor northwest balcony.

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The chives are already returning in spite of the snow and icy rain of this last winter. We don't know if any of our other herbs have survived.